Friday, May 8, 2015

Junior High Girls Win GRC; Worth County's Second Title in Three Days

Worth County grabbed its second GRC title in three days when their junior high girls won the GRC Track Meet Thursday afternoon. Like the varsity, the junior high ran away with the meet, picking up 124 points to 84 for Stanberry. Nobody else had more than 47. The boys finished a strong second in the meet. South Harrison had little competition for first, winning with 105.75 points. Worth County had just as little competition for second, finishing with 83.5. Nobody else had more than 56.75.

Worth County got a 1-2 finish in the Shot Put as Kennedy Galanakis won with a throw of 34'8 1/2" and Merrideth Spiers was right behind with a throw of 34'7". Kennedy then went on to get a second first place finish as she won the Discus with a throw of 94'6". Kaylee McElvain was 5th in that event with a throw of 75'10 1/2". Issac Alarcon won both the throwing events for the boys as he won the Shot Put with a throw of 44'3 1/2" and the Discus with a throw of 135'11". Wyatt Latham was 6th in the Discus with a throw of 91'3".

The boys placed two in the High Jump. Bryant McCord was 3rd with a jump of 5 feet. Caleb Parman was right behind at 4th with a jump of 4'10".

Liz Lyle continued to dominate the High Jump as she won with a jump of 4'9", five inches ahead of her nearest competitor. The girls were 1-2 in the Pole Vault as Regan Allee beat out Jessi Badell in tiebreaks as both vaulted 7 feet. Kristin New was 6th with a vault of 5'6". For the boys, Daniel Craven was 4th with a vault of 7 feet.

The girls were 2-3 in the Triple Jump. Kristin New was 2nd with a jump of 25'3 1/2". Haley Hunt was right behind with a jump of 24'11 1/2". Caleb Parman was 2nd in the Triple Jump for the boys with a jump of 34'3 1/2".

Caleb Parman was 2nd in the Long Jump for the boys with a jump of 16'6". Anna Gladstone won the Girls Long Jump with a jump of 14'7".

Liz Lyle was 4th in the 100 with a time of 14.51. Issac Alarcon and Hayden Catlett (Maysville) were neck and neck in the 100, with Catlett winning with 12.63 to Alarcon's 12.64. Alarcon turned around and won the 200 with a time of 25.59. Caleb Parman was 4th with a time of 27.35.

Worth County dominated both hurdle races. Bryant McCord won the boys side of the 100 Hurdles with a time of 17.09. On the girls side, Anna Gladstone beat Liz Lyle in the 100 Hurdles as they finished 1-2. Gladstone had a time of 17.78 to Lyle's 18.13.

The 4x200 Relay team of Jessi Badell, Kennedy Galanakis, Regan Allee, and Anna Gladstone was 4th with a time of 2:05.68. The 4x100 team of Anna Gladstone, Macie Findley, Jessi Badell, and Liz Lyle had the satisfaction of avenging their defeat at the Tiger Relays the week before; they beat South Harrison with a time of 57.28 to South Harrison's 57.71. The boys 4x200 team of Bryant McCord, Wyatt Latham, Hunter Simmons, and Jacob New was 6th with a time of 2:08.71.

Kristin New was 4th in the 800 with a time of 3:00.08.

The girls 4x400 team of Regan Allee, Haley Hunt, Abbi Caddenhead, and Jessi Badell was 6th with a time of 5:10.78.

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